A lot of the outdoor sculptures we have been looking at are abstract sculptures. We've looked at a lot of crazy shapes, wild colors and interesting forms. Abstract sculpture was not always a part of our history. Picasso was one of the first artists to make abstract art. Picasso's abstract works are only about 40-80 years old. Picasso was one of the first artists to make art that didn't look like just a dog, a cat, a person or landscape. Instead, his art was about line, color, strange views (or many views) and shapes.
Before Picasso, when people looked at a sculpture they expected to easily recognize what they were looking at. People actually got scared, mad and upset when abstract art was made. People didn't like how this art was different and they didn't believe it was art at all. It took a long time for people to start to like seeing the art we have in downtown Howell, the outdoor sculptures in the Brighton Art Walk and the creations shared at Oaken Transformations.
Here are a couple of questions you can think about when you look at abstract outdoor art in our world. Consider this sculpture as you answer them:
Can I name the thing that I am looking at?
What title would I give to this outdoor sculpture?
Is this sculpture really a piece of art? Why? Why not?
What might you have thought about this sculpture if you lived 150 years ago?
Consider this sculpture as you answer these questions:
How do the questions about this sculpture help us understand the cartoon you see below? How can we use what we have learned about abstract art to explain why this cartoon is funny?
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A lot of the outdoor sculptures we have been looking at are abstract sculptures. We've looked at a lot of crazy shapes, wild colors and interesting forms. Abstract sculpture was not always a part of our history. Picasso was one of the first artists to make abstract art. Picasso's abstract works are only about 40-80 years old. Picasso was one of the first artists to make art that didn't look like just a dog, a cat, a person or landscape. Instead, his art was about line, color, strange views (or many views) and shapes.
Before Picasso, when people looked at a sculpture they expected to easily recognize what they were looking at. People actually got scared, mad and upset when abstract art was made. People didn't like how this art was different and they didn't believe it was art at all. It took a long time for people to start to like seeing the art we have in downtown Howell, the outdoor sculptures in the Brighton Art Walk and the creations shared at Oaken Transformations.
Here are a couple of questions you can think about when you look at abstract outdoor art in our world. Consider this sculpture as you answer them:
Can I name the thing that I am looking at?
What title would I give to this outdoor sculpture?
Is this sculpture really a piece of art? Why? Why not?
What might you have thought about this sculpture if you lived 150 years ago?
Consider this sculpture as you answer these questions:
Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine (sculptor). (1913). Symphony #1 (sculpture). Retrieved January 25th, 2013, from:
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/baranoff.html
How do the questions about this sculpture help us understand the cartoon you see below? How can we use what we have learned about abstract art to explain why this cartoon is funny?
Retrieved January 25th, 2013, from: "www.cartoonstock.com"